European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 19 consumer Wocin by Mary Neth tire grading guide now available new York times the department of transportation has re leased a guide grading the Quality of automobile tires designed to help Consumers judge the safety and Economy of the tires they the called the uniform tire Quality grading indicates that some tires costing a great Deal offer no More than a less expensive some tires May vary in Price by As much As apiece yet offer the same performance As measured by the tire grading not Only according to Joan adminis Trator of the National Highway traffic safety administration which compiled the list based on in formation provided by the tire but tires of the same Price can vary the guide is a compilation of three separate lists drawn up by Nitsa since april grading foreign and american made belted Bias and radial each list the for radial was released 1980 grades tires on the basis of traction and the results Are listed on labels attached to each tire or folded into the sidewalls of the at an Nitsa news eight tires were picked out As examples from tires the most the Michelin had the lowest rating for the tread Wear rating is a comparative rating which indicates the tires Wear rate under controlled conditions at a government testing ground in a median was established at which at the using tires built to exact equalled a rating of 110 Means that the tire would get 10 percent More mileage then a tire rated and a tire rated at 90 got 10 percent less the Michelin priced at in the Washington carries a tread Wear rating of indicating it got 40 percent More Wear than the median by dividing the Price with the tread Wear the department of transportation arrived at a figure it Calls the Price per 10 tread Wear Grade a rough calculation aimed at giving the buyer an idea of the Economy of the in Michelin Case the figure is the highest of the eight tires the Best figure of the eight came from the Kmart 225 tire which costs and has a tread Wear Grade of giving it a unit Price of since the manufacturers provide the ratings on their one of the problems in the system is that a tire company might underrate its giving it a worse unit rather than risk overeating if carries a who said she has Michelin tires on her said the Michelin company May have done just based on what the traffic safety administration knows of the while the Michelin tire did poorly on the econ omy Side of the it scored the Only top Marks of the eight tires shown on the two safety related on both which measures a tires stopping and which measures a tires ability to withstand and dissipate heat without the Michelin Zyx tire received the highest an the Kmart by received a b for traction and a c for All tires must meet minimum safety the two safety ratings go beyond an a in trac Tion Means the tire performed Well on both Asphalt and Concrete a rating of b Means the tire did less Well on at least one of the if the tire is rated c it performed poorly on one or both of the in temperature an a rating Means the tire withstood a half hour run at 115 Miles per hour without a b rating Means it passed 100 Miles per hour but not 115 Miles per a c rating Means the tire failed to Complete the half hour run at 100 Miles per the tire Quality rating system May be compared to the environmental Protection Agency yearly listing on automobiles estimated gasoline no one Driver can expect to get the actual Miles per gallon but its a Good scale by which to compare the grading system has been hailed by advocates As a major step in ending buyer confusion Over How one tire performs against opponents claim the measure will simply add to consumer confusion by promising unrealistic most tire companies were unhappy about the Stan uniroyal plans a major nationwide advertising Campaign based on How Well it did in the rat Claybrook the uniroyal one of the eight tires Cost in Washington and has a tread Wear rating of for a unit Price of it rated a b on traction and a c on temperature Resis ratings on All tires will be made available to the Public through credit Public recreation associations and consumer information Claybrook a free Booklet explaining the grading system is available by writing the National Highway traffic safety admin 400 7th stricter control on Salt in foods by Betty Anne Williams associated press most of the 415 food additives used by processors for years have been found to be according to the food and drug administration but some including Salt May require stricter the Fra said a scientific panel completed its evaluation of food ingredients on the Agency gras generally recognized As Safe and Fra commissioner Jere Goyan said the results should be generally reassuring to the american but some of the most familiar additives did not receive unreserved clearances from a special panel of scientists assembled by Fra to conduct the one of the most widely used of All food was classified with additives that the scientists said should be More tightly restricted or even prohibited from use in the select committee on gras substances of the federation of american societies for experimental the scientific review said a reduction in the use of Salt in processed foods would help Between 10 percent and 30 percent of the population with a genetic tendency to High blood such a reduction might even lower the incidence of the the panel the stimulant found in Tea and cola was included in a category of substances for which additional scientific studies were these substances generally Are allowed to remain Avail Able while the studies Are Fra already has proposed that caffeine be removed from the gras but said it would permit continued use of the ingredient pending further the commissioner has warned pregnant women to use caffeine containing products if at because of tests showing a link Between caffeine and birth defects in test but the overwhelming number of additives screened were about 305 of the 415 reviewed were placed in class a category Given substances considered Safe at current and anticipated Levels of vegetable oils a protein from cows milk used in Dairy products the Flavouring agents and buffers used in some beverages and baked Gelatin and and protein flavor enhancers used in meat were placed in this sixty eight other substances were included in class the category for ingredients considered Safe at current Levels of use but in need of More research to determine whether prolonged use might pose a health among the items included in this category were align which Are seaweed derivatives used in ice Cream and baked and Iron and Iron used As a nutritional supplement in class 3 recommending further was Given 19 additives including among the others were Bra and two preservatives used in shorten chewing dry breakfast nut products and class 4 recommending was Given Salt and four modified starches used As thickening and lactic acid and Calcium which for Merly were used in infant lawyer ads Are adding up lawyer Long banned by the profession in the United is cutting the Cost of routine Legal services and has not increased frivolous a study distributed by the american bar association the study is the first nationwide analysis of the Impact of advertising by lawyers since the supreme court ruled in 1977 that attorneys May promote their the Aba it is entitled birth of a Salesman lawyer advertising and solicitation and was prepared by Lori former staff director of the Aba commission on Advertis there has been no evidence that advertising has led to unwarranted she instead of courts feeling overburdened by spurious representatives from other professions have been Andrews cited the example of an and Campaign by the Missouri telling people to see a lawyer rather than after signing a after the notices the Missouri association of realtors complained that the ads were interfering with their closing of real estate she the study said advertising has in Many instances reduced the total Cost of Legal services for routine this is in keeping with the experience of other proves it noting studies comparing costs of Eye glasses and prescription drugs in states where advertising such services and products is advertising by lawyers was effectively outlawed in 1908 when the Aba adopted a formal ban on lawyer various state bar regulations and the courts also restrict Legal advertising on ethical in a landmark 1977 the supreme court ruled an advertisement placed by attorneys John Bates and Van Osteen in a newspaper was proper and the Aba later revised its the study noted that 27 states still impose restraints on Legal the study also reported evidence that Quality of Legal help need not drop and May even increase after one reason for it is lawyers cannot profitably mislead and deceive clients because they will not be Able to find enough onetime customers to make the and Campaign pay for a 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